Automatic water-works



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T WATER WORKS.

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atented Feb. 16 1886.

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AUTOMATIC WATER WORKS; No. 336,327. Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HATHIAS A. LASKA, OF WEYV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

AUTOMATIC WATER-WORKS.

PECZPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,327, dated February16, 1886.

Application filed S plcmber19, 1885. Serial No. 177,563. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHIAs A. LASKA, of New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and 5 usefulImprovement in Automatic Water- WVorks, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide new and improved water-worksfor automatro ically raising and delivering water without the use of amotor or other power machinery.

The invention consists in the special combinations of pipes and otherpieces, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and

:5 pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents my improved automatic water-works made new. Fig. 2shows the manner of conveying pipes over hills. Fig. 3 shows theconnection of branch pipes. Fig. 4 shows the gage-tube. Fig. 5 is adetail longitudinal sectional view of the stand-pipe and its valves.Fig. 6 is a detail longitudinal sectional view of a cistern and thevalves. Fig. 7 is a detail longitudinal sectional view of the valve forregulating the flow of water into cisterns.

In all the figures a a represent the highwater level, and b b thelow-water level. The stand-pipe or siphon-pipe A is held vertically, andis dipped into the water in river, bay, &c., to a point below thelow-water mark, and the lower end of the stand-pipe is passed into acylindrical cup, B, having a closed bottom, B, on which a packing-piece,O, rests. The said cup is also provided with numerous apertures and withlugs 0, through which a rod, D, passes, which also passes throughguidelugs A on the pipe A. The upper end of the said rod D isscrewthreaded and passed through a nut, D, held between lugs on the pipeA. On the upper end of the pipe A the casing A is secured, with whichthe main water-conducting pipe E is connected. A cock, A is formed onthe casing A, and above ita neck, A, for attaching a tube or hose ispro- 50 vided.

The main pipe E is conducted under ground in the desired direction, andwith the same numerous branch pipes, F, are connected, which branchpipes conduct the Water into tanks or cisterns G greater or lessdistances from the main pipe. The bottom of each cistern must be belowthe low-water mark I) b, and the delivery-pipe F must enter the cisternbelow the low-water line, as shown in Fig. 7; or, if it enters at thetop, it must extend down below the low-water line, as shown on Fig. 6.In all cases the branch pipes F must be carried down below the low-waterline b b at the main pipe E by a pipe, E, or otherwise.

\Vhere a pipe is carried over an elevation, 65 as shown on Fig. 2, itmust be carried below the low-water line at both ends of said bend, andapipe, H, must extend from the highest point of the bend I down belowthe lower-water line, and from thelowest pointof said pipe H a pipe, J,must be extended up above the surface of the earth and provided with acock, J. Each branch pipe F may have a cock, K, as shown in Fig. 3, ifdesired. The inner end of the main pipe E is connected with a verticalglass gage-tube, L, in a cistern or inclosure, L.

At the wells G a pipe, M, extending to the surface of the earth, isconnected with each pipe E, and from the lower end of the pipe M a smallpipe, N, conducts the water into the cistern G at the bottom of thesame. Below the pipe N a valve-vent, M, is formed in the pipe M for avalve, 0, secured to a rod, 0, projecting up through the pipe N andreceived through the cover of the pipe N, the said rod having ahandwvheel, O", on its upper end.

There the pipe F enters the top of the cistern it is carried down in thecistern below the low-water line and connected with a U-shaped pipe, P,on the other end of which the neck Q is placed, which projects down froma cylinder, Q, containing the float R, mounted loosely on the verticalrod It, having a head, R, on its upper end, and having its lower endconnected with the valve S, which fits on a valve-vent formed onthelower end of the neck Q. The neck Q has apertures T.

The operation is as follows: The air is exhausted from the pipe A, andthe other pipes or all the pipes are filled with water forced into thepipe A through a hose connected with ICO the neck of the casing A. Thisstarts the siphon and the water runs into all the cisterns until thelevel in said cisterns is equal to the level of the water in the river,pond, &c. In case any cistern is to be cut out its valve 0 is closed. Incase the level of the water in the river rises to such height as toflood the country, the floats R rise in the cylinder Q, strike the headR raise the rod R and the valve S, thus shutting off the water.

The pipes must all be carried below the lowwater line, so that the watercan circulate in the pipes when there is low water in the river, and toprevent the air from the several pipes all passing into the main pipeand accumulating at the top of the pipe A, which would put the siphonout of operation.

The pipes may be extended any desired distance, and may be of anydesired capacity, and

the number of cisterns and size of the same may be increased ordecreased, as may be desired.

The pipes H are provided to withdraw the end extending below thereceiving end, and with a vertical tube extending from the siphon at theforward arm of said bend, and provided with a faucet, and I do not claimthe same as of my invention. w l

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. The combination, with a siphon-tube, of p aconducting-pipe connected with the same, which conducting-tube has abend, a tube extending from the bend down below the lowwater line, and apipe extending from thelower end of such tube up to the surface of thesame, a cistern into which the water-conducting pipe passes from the topdownward, a cyl inder in the cistern and on the end of thewater-conducting pipe, a float in said tube, and a valve in thewater-conducting pipe, the valve being on a rod operated by the float,substantially as herein shown and described.

MATHI-AS A. LAsKA.

NVitnesses:

THEoDoR VOIGT, M. T. DUORos.

